James Leakyboots Batty
@jamesbatty.bsky.social
I run a charity with my wife (One And All Aid), which funds education for Yezidis, following the 2014 genocide. In my spare time I fish and write. Two fishing books have been published, and my new book is a comedy adventure novel, Criminal Bycatch.
"We will take action on this because it’s simply not tolerable," says Starmer.
A good starting point might be for the government & the LP to boycott X. Seems obvious to me.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
A good starting point might be for the government & the LP to boycott X. Seems obvious to me.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok being used to create sexually violent videos featuring women, research finds
AI tool also used to undress image of the woman killed by a federal immigration agent in the US, says research
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:52 PM
"We will take action on this because it’s simply not tolerable," says Starmer.
A good starting point might be for the government & the LP to boycott X. Seems obvious to me.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
A good starting point might be for the government & the LP to boycott X. Seems obvious to me.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Interesting that this is "solidifying core support." As many suspected, the only message that resonates with Reform supporters seems to be racism.
As with Trump, some people are prepared to see their jobs destroyed, along with healthcare, just to elect a bigot.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
As with Trump, some people are prepared to see their jobs destroyed, along with healthcare, just to elect a bigot.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Interesting that this is "solidifying core support." As many suspected, the only message that resonates with Reform supporters seems to be racism.
As with Trump, some people are prepared to see their jobs destroyed, along with healthcare, just to elect a bigot.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
As with Trump, some people are prepared to see their jobs destroyed, along with healthcare, just to elect a bigot.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage has just said Reform will vote AGAINST lifting the 2 child cap, despite promising to lift it in May.
Reform doesn’t care about working class kids - or their families.
Reform doesn’t care about working class kids - or their families.
January 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Nigel Farage has just said Reform will vote AGAINST lifting the 2 child cap, despite promising to lift it in May.
Reform doesn’t care about working class kids - or their families.
Reform doesn’t care about working class kids - or their families.
Sometimes hard to know exactly what Farage is saying, but this seems to be: "I wasn't a racist as a schoolboy, but I sure as hell am a racist now."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves condemns Farage opposition to lifting two-child benefit cap
Exclusive: Chancellor says Reform leader wants to keep children in poverty based on skin colour after U-turn
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Sometimes hard to know exactly what Farage is saying, but this seems to be: "I wasn't a racist as a schoolboy, but I sure as hell am a racist now."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I don't think it's overreaction to say that Trump's USA is joining a not terribly long list of rogue nations which put democracies at risk.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
France and allies discuss response to possible US invasion of Greenland
French, German and Polish foreign ministers to meet amid escalating threats to seize part of Danish kingdom
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:59 PM
I don't think it's overreaction to say that Trump's USA is joining a not terribly long list of rogue nations which put democracies at risk.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
I've read the start, and it looks like an engrossing story, well told, about a time in recent history that doesn't get a lot of coverage.
Hello Sailors!
You can read the opening chapters of Maskirovka!
Jump in, and see how the story begins.
Thanks to everyone in the community. You make this adventure possible.
#Maskirovka #BookLaunch #IndieAuthor #ThrillerReaders #AmReading #BookCommunity
read.amazon.co.uk/sample/19192...
You can read the opening chapters of Maskirovka!
Jump in, and see how the story begins.
Thanks to everyone in the community. You make this adventure possible.
#Maskirovka #BookLaunch #IndieAuthor #ThrillerReaders #AmReading #BookCommunity
read.amazon.co.uk/sample/19192...
Read a sample: “MASKIROVKA”
Mr Thibaut Mallet
read.amazon.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM
I've read the start, and it looks like an engrossing story, well told, about a time in recent history that doesn't get a lot of coverage.
Further evidence that making a big noise - especially when you have the backing of plenty of well-heeled & dodgy donors - isn't the same as governing.
Reform, along with Farage & Tice, is all about bloviating & bigotry, nothing else.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform, along with Farage & Tice, is all about bloviating & bigotry, nothing else.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK accused of ‘empty rhetoric’ over plan to hike council tax 5% in Derbyshire
Four Reform-led councils want to raise tax by maximum allowed amount with more areas not being ruled out
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Further evidence that making a big noise - especially when you have the backing of plenty of well-heeled & dodgy donors - isn't the same as governing.
Reform, along with Farage & Tice, is all about bloviating & bigotry, nothing else.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform, along with Farage & Tice, is all about bloviating & bigotry, nothing else.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Our friends in Denmark should know we stand shoulder to shoulder with them.
Greenland is not for sale, invasion or questioning and neither is NATO. This world needs more alliances, not more aggression, to keep it safe and democratic.
Greenland is not for sale, invasion or questioning and neither is NATO. This world needs more alliances, not more aggression, to keep it safe and democratic.
January 5, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Our friends in Denmark should know we stand shoulder to shoulder with them.
Greenland is not for sale, invasion or questioning and neither is NATO. This world needs more alliances, not more aggression, to keep it safe and democratic.
Greenland is not for sale, invasion or questioning and neither is NATO. This world needs more alliances, not more aggression, to keep it safe and democratic.
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“Too many politicians, including Labour and the Tories, have tried to beat Reform by stealing their policies and creating an increasingly hostile environment for people of colour, immigrants, #refugees and people seeking asylum" @maggiechapman.bsky.social
greens.scot/news/2026-mu...
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January 4, 2026 at 11:58 AM
“Too many politicians, including Labour and the Tories, have tried to beat Reform by stealing their policies and creating an increasingly hostile environment for people of colour, immigrants, #refugees and people seeking asylum" @maggiechapman.bsky.social
greens.scot/news/2026-mu...
greens.scot/news/2026-mu...
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Reform UK’s Steven Biggs is a councillor in Durham Council.
He posted this and shared multiple Britain First links previously.
No action yet by Cllr Andrew Husband or Reform UK.
You’re happy for him to represent you?
He posted this and shared multiple Britain First links previously.
No action yet by Cllr Andrew Husband or Reform UK.
You’re happy for him to represent you?
January 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Reform UK’s Steven Biggs is a councillor in Durham Council.
He posted this and shared multiple Britain First links previously.
No action yet by Cllr Andrew Husband or Reform UK.
You’re happy for him to represent you?
He posted this and shared multiple Britain First links previously.
No action yet by Cllr Andrew Husband or Reform UK.
You’re happy for him to represent you?